Sylvan Robb
Director of the Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing · Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development
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Alaska's respiratory therapists would pay $350 for a first license under proposed rules
“the cost for licensure are somewhere between $100 and $325 for a 2-year period”
House Finance Committee advances auto-IRA bill for Alaska workers
House Finance Committee advanced a bill creating an automatic IRA program for Alaska workers at businesses without retirement plans, with employees able to opt out.
House panel rejects gaming price caps after industry debate
Alaska House committee rejected tighter price caps on electronic pull-tab makers, keeping the manufacturer limit at 35 percent of revenue instead of lowering it to 25 or 30 percent.
Alaska House panel considers doubling bulk fuel loan cap amid price crisis
Alaska House panel is considering doubling the maximum bulk fuel loan for rural communities to $1.5 million as fuel prices surge up to 100 percent and western Alaska faces potential supply shortages.
Senate panel advances health care compacts bill despite sovereignty concerns
Senate panel voted 3-2 to advance a bill expanding interstate health care compacts, adding genetic counselors and respiratory therapists to licensed professions despite sovereignty concerns.
Senate panel adopts changes to health care compact bill
Alaska Senate panel approved changes to join four interstate medical licensing compacts aimed at recruiting rural health providers, adding background check requirements for medical professionals.
House Judiciary rejects consumer data privacy bill after 3-3 vote
The House Judiciary Committee deadlocked 3-3 on the Alaska Data Privacy Act. The bill would have let Alaskans control how companies collect and sell their personal data.
House Finance advances bill extending professional licensing board
House Finance advanced a bill extending Alaska's professional licensing board and adding registered interior designers, after revising language that prompted a gubernatorial veto last year.
House Finance hears respiratory therapist licensing bill, Alaska's last-state gap
Alaska is the only U.S. state without licensing for respiratory therapists, and HB 362 would fix that gap by establishing a state licensing program with fees covering all costs.
